The Sun. — London, England, 1809-01-23 00:00:00

MIA Ing teen InrOWn Into SUMO COMUSIOn Uy the failtire' of all 'their - attacks;the Gent& were ordered to advance and charge them with the bayyt- f ' net, the • Enemy could not stand the charge, ) l it retreated, or rather fled, :with the greatest precipili tation .; .and *so complete was their defeat, that fori fourteen hours , utter the maim] ceased, not one Frenchman appeared in sight. The aEtion hafted about three .hours, and concluded about dusk. Our Joss in so severe an aaion was less than could. have , beerr expefted, it tilt! not exceed GOO men - ill killed and wdunded, but we are sorry to say that our loss in Officers hits been Considerable. In the early part of the. a4lien Lieutenant;:General Sir Jotiw NlooßE received a wound in-the breait,' ;!).:1 front a musket-ball; ,the Su rgeotis, iminefit m ately declared to be Inertal; and he only:survi/edil fill 12 o'clock at night. The second. in command; also wounded in 'the artn„ and the . bone;rwas "in shaitered, that am. putafion 'heeame irrimediately necessary. Major INApten, of the 500), and Lieutenant-CelonelMAc , xErrzut, of the 43d, were; killed, and . Liet.u. , colonel NVIKCH of the - 4th is wounded. We have heard the ttm!s of other Officers said 'to tie atnong the list of killed And wounded, bat as we have not 'received itny official infOrmation upon the subjeCt, we will 'That sport with the feelings of ther 'friends' by men 'Cloning their names. As'sodn as the French were defeated, measures. 'Were takeiy fdr 'etnbarl;;ltg the Army with the oreuteSt dispatch, and-we are happy'to say, 'that by •Tuo_day night the whole Army, with all the Artil 4ery, safely embatked, and on Wednesdays 'When the acCdunts'earbe away, The whole -Fleet was standing out,of the tiarcif Cordnniu We cannot omit this opportunity of stating, that the greatest prai3eis'due to the Admiralty, for 'the 'exertions they made to facilitate the embarka tion. Itidependant of the Transports, no 1e5414 1 4 12 Sail of the Line were 'at Corruna, and or6dikise tpritribLit'edinost euentiiilly to the safe entlialVitiVt . ' of the Troops. Two of the Transput ts arrived itt Plymouth on Saturdv. This ,inlellige:lce was bi - oiiglit by Lord PAGZT, 'who ttrrived at yalmouth in the . cossack on Fri clay :—The force of the ottetny amount to about 65000, men., We have This rrtotrtenCreeaived .a'n account, Mat Sir .I)AVLD ilATain died soon after lietad undergorre ampatation. We catinot rinse . this ateount Withotit , ing a circumstance which. though Tot inymediattly i ontte6led with it, is of a most interestin#lllo Lure, and which has beiin communicated to from the most unqueltiomble rintherity. At the time that Genera' LEt'EllVali was taken ptisener, livow,PAivrtz was hiMttelf on a' height on the other kide.of the rivet; about two mites from the scene °fee.- ~ Yion. Gen.ST WA It fWas appii zeA of the . CiTeu msta lice, • had lie not been restrained by the positiVe oi lier" which he had piesiouily received, he wobid have ientleavoured to have got in the rear of BON Ai' A Itt , and have - made a dash at him. Mk orders, tkowei , , 'being - positive, and th e r i s k r onsiderabley' he die s lot' think it pro p er to make the attempt. Th© perseveranc e o f the American advo c at e , M r . A. B. who, to the credit of his modesty, has dropt his obnoxious initials, and now doles out the 64- gestions of " Massa JEPPERSON," in the Morning Chronicle, under twenty -different tunics, is truly !astonishing.' The British public is weary of, this ettrnal gabbling about the Orders in Council : they have long been convinced that a more etreaual mode than they present could not be devised for. re. Covering that carrying trade which the imbecility bf,, 411 the Talents bad nearly lust ; fur ttuninn. the. machinations of a, most rancorous and unpilay„ cipled enemy against himself ; for correeting itkv, overweening pride and insolence of an envious lakA4 insidious people ; and. punishing the ingratitude ots e . 2alfilh and sordid race, who, connected with Ame rica by afFe&ion, with Holland by o interot, and With France by the common hatred of this country, take a base advantage of the security which it, al fords. thern; to trainee its GovernMent; and beFome , the agents and spies of all that oppose its prosperity. How ,is it that this Correspondent of the Mornins Chronicle, who certainly does not want shrewdness, ~.lannot scorer that his restless anxiety about tit ose k tb : aemodstrate. Snppoie,t hem as pernicioUs as iirapreients. Why should this disquiet a profeised partizan of America ? Cannot he permit 'us to ruin Ourselves in our own way without such incessant kekMiouring? Huw is he interested in retarding our O W he who never wasted a thought upon us, but - hoW to profit by onr cullibility ? The bugbear of an Embargo with which he attempts to (lighten us, like a nursery of infants, never possessed one feature of terror, but for those who imposed it ; the sun has risen and gone to bed for us just as before ; nor will all the outcries „of 11 .procure a, tangle . petition from friend or foe-for its discontinuance.--, 'Rift the plaything of his adopted countrymen alone; and there is not the slightest disposition in this -country to interfere, with their enjoyment of it as iletigahey as , please. Our merchants disregard ; Nair ship-owners view it with singular complacency ; and pur•Northern colonies are only fearful that its (a:lumina:will be transitory. Why, then, are we Jdailyzand hourly .teminded by the Americans, and ,the friends. of Americans, ie this country, that the Orders in Council have the most pernicious effeA -upon our prosperity.? Such aiarMing notices are undoubtedly kind; but they are thrown away upon us, and we beg to be left to our own tranquillity.— What," • cry they, I ‘. can you resign a purchaser of twelve millions a year with . arch -indifference ?" Not altogether so but there is a fallacy in the statement, which it may not be amiss to remove. That America purchased, - or, more properly speak 'jug, was annually entrusted with goods to this aniaint, is not fir from the truth : but .if it be • I • meant to insinuate that America consuuted- British articles to this amount, we are by no means pre pared to admit the statement. The fact is, that America 'is no great consumer : 'more than three fourths of 'the commodities which she imported front England, she exported to other countries; and the residue, being articles of prime necessity, site will continue to import, in despite of 'ti Theiusand Orders in Council, or embargoes. What she does not take, will not perish in the manufac turers' warehouses; but, instead of being exported in American bottoms, to the 'immense advantage of that country, will now be sent out in British-bailt, Swedish, or Spanish vessels. ,Has Mr. A. B. or any Other of the numerous American correspondents of the Morning ChrOnide, the hardihood, or rather the folly to maintain, that this commerce of twelve millions is lost to us ? We believe not : sincethey Minot but know that a very inconsiderable part, it any of it, 'remains on our hands. - If, however, 'they pretend to be really serious, we will relieve their anxiety for 'our - sutiringte,. by telling them what we know, and what we challenge .not only thorn, but the whole body of Opposition, to disprove : namely, that the customs for this year, itidespite of -the rigid blockade of the Continent by BUONA• lAItTa, the . Embargo by " Massa JEFFERSON," and tii6. Orders in Council, which Have so terrified our ' j ai friends will nut, upon a lain of Ovally twelve or ' , v. • - •". • . 1 . • . • sterling, be found to have fallen off Five HufsititenTliouilAND POUNDS ! L r hi fl suspicion of this that occasilens the un ceasing din in the Opposition Papers against the: Or ders in Council. " Now is the time for reprobation ! Now come forward and help America ; for if you linger till the annual accounts are laid before Par 'llatrient, her cause is kopeless." •• There is yet another reason for this preposterou s -fidgetting of. Mr. A. B. &c. The Americans had recourse to their Embargo in the full persuaSion that the .sound of it would terrify us into a Sur render of our just rights. Thael: heaven we are Jelieye4 from ,the !lamb, and they found 'them selves mistaken. They now find that they have done a .. very fu'olish thing ; and, what is worse, one'that prewetsno very pleasant mode of getting out of it. At# , pot many years since that it was gravely moved ir. Congress that they should vote themselves -" the wisest , body of men in the world !" We have not heard that there are any thoughts of resuming this' adjourned question ; but we believe that' tl:ere is va nity enough in the country - to make its success pro blematital. - Hence the difficulty of allowing the aukwardneSs of their situation, and of confeSsing that they have been in-the wrong'e hence, too, al we have 'already observed, the favity of thei amts here-to rake 'a party and a cry against the Or 'in -Connell, and; by compelling 'the Govern , . lii fiartontitighte or annul them, atford-ap opportu fiit§l6 the Americans of doing what they most im-, e ; Jatieetly and ardently desire to do,, i.e. rt.:Move the teSpised and • despicable Embargo, without an ac- „ r ) k i nOwledgineut of its folly_! This morning arrived a Mail ltom Jamaica, brottght to Falmouth by the Carteret Packet. She sailed on the &tit of December. • Vile . Superb of 14 guns, bearing the Plagof Admi ral KRATE4, a Frigate, two Brigs of War, and tile Gorgon. Store-ship, are frozen up, Aunt nine. miles from the Wingo, near Gottenburgh. `The Partlium, of 18 guns, which was reported to have been lost on the Coast of France, was safe in Guavas Lake, Cornwall, on Wednesday. 'l7r,v tbe LONDON CilZkrTß, 'Yam. 2i, Igat :fidr~#irully.O ice, fan,'2l , . Rear-Admiral 'll'Auvergne, Prince of Bouillon, has translated to the Hon, Widiatn Wellesley Pole a Leiter from Captain Pringle, of His Majesty's Sloop Sparrowhawk, dated off Cherbourg the telh instant, giving an account of his having, that dAy, captured thu 'French Privateer Cutter L'E3perance, of fourteen guns and filti-four men. . • . Jan. 2I . - Captain O'Connor, Commander of His Majesty's Sloop the Ned Elwin, has transmitted to the Hon. William Wellesley Pole a Copy of a Letter addressed by him to Vice• Admiral Sir James Saumarez, giving an'amitint of his having, on the 17th of December, captured the General ltapp, French Privateer Brig, of - eight guns and ferty-,une. men, which had.lelt Dantzic the evening before. JAN. 20.—Anived. yesterday;• the Duke of Marlborough Packet, BULL., with Mails from Lisbon, nine days passage It was reported it Lis bon, previous to her &tiling, that a French force of 14;000 men . had arrived at Badajos, on'the frontiers • of Portugal. This day arrived the Cossack Sloop of War, of 18 guns, Capt. DIGBY i wiilvdispatches from Corunna, four days passage; by her came Lord PAGET, and three Aids-de..camp. The . Cossack sailed on Tuesday last, at which time. the Britigh Army, about 15,000 men, had embarked; ,previous to which, on the - whole of Monday, they kid been engaged. The. loss on each side was :considerable. We have to regret the loss of Sir Jortsr Moo as, who was killed early in the anion ; Sir DAVID . B.61(1) has lost ati ann. Some part of the Troops had retreated towards Vigo. The armies engaged with the British were those under General So uLT and J u NOT which had formed a jimaion, comprising a force of 65,000 men. At the time the Cossack left,. the enemy ,had entered Corunna, and were cannonading the Trans ports; There was no doubt but that the' whole would it,et. off. .In the action our loss did not exCeeed. 500 killed and wounded.. General ANSTRUTISta died with fatigue. Sailed this evening the Hunter armed Ship with a Fleet of Coasters for the Downs. ' PORTSMOUTH, JAR. 23... -Arrived his NaieSly'S Ship Blake from the Duwns, Sailed his Majesty's Ship bta,....rtda with a Fleet for the East IndieS, consisting of the following Ships, viz. Henry , :tddington, I'Veptane, Cuntlerland; Sea tes ty Castle, True Briton, MI re'n'' Has' ti ngs, Lord Melville, and the Culinells ; also tlailed his Majesty's Ship Brazen for Cork. DEAL Jatsr. 23.—S3iie.d through thp. Doynktlte. Susan, ANDRItSUN, for Hayti ; iirvckbank, Cot.- LARD, for Cadiz ; Maria, Smyru, for Bertto.id ; etesar, Fol.vutn, and Lord .IVelton, RATVOIW, for Jamaica. Yesterday morning his MAJESTY. Princesses Au- GUSTA . , SOPHIA, :Ind Amnia. accompanied by Lady ELY, Generals CARTWRIGHT and FITZROY, rode to . St. Geor4.!'s Chapel, and heard Divine Service. A Cabinet Council met yesterday .at the Foreign Office, to consider of the Dispatches received on Sa turday from Sir Jobs, Moons. it was attended by General STKWART. • A' Letter froth Cadiz to a respeaable Merchant,. received on Saturday, mentions that the command not of7the port had taken the precaution of sending all thelrench Merchants and other.residentsbf that town to the Island of Catering. By a-late Leiter received (rum Vera Crui, it ap pears that the Viceroy, Admiral, and one of the principal Merchants there, had ctiwed into a league for delivering that country over to the dominion of the Emperor NAPOLEON, but that the people bad seized. on the Viceroy, whom they had sent to Spain, and burnt to.-the ground the superb houses, of the two others, who have made their escape to -New Orleans. ROYAL ACAbRMY.—The Feb:sink:NT ,and Members of this Institution held their 31111lial Din ner on Wednesday, at the Crown and Anchor, in honour of Eint MAJOTY'S Birth-day, ''-rhe Meet ing consisted of a considerable nuinh.r or the Aca demic- body, .and many 'of, their pill/44W frimds,--- Atter the usual loyal toasts had been given, the health of the Nursing:sr was proposed by Mr. CALEB WurruFootu and cordially received by the Cotnpan). The President, in returning his thanlts, informed the Meeting that lie had reached his seventy.first year, and it was gratifying to see this, veteran Artist in the full possession . of I'44.l'm:dries, and in good spirits. Nor was it Jess gratifying to see SO many Artists who do honour to their country, and whose talents eclipse all that other' states can supply:. Among the tons, after Ttu ROYAL AC, DEPdY;' . 4 " Ttift IkITI6HINSTJTUTIO;4" was Kap dy. giyen, as it has already' brought forward Many young Men of genius, and promises, in no • small degree; toadvance the Arts.cithe country.— The health of the itty. CAnlt was given qn this occa s ion, as that Gentle Man first set a libt rat example to the Noblernen and Gentlemen who pattenize that Inscitution,, in hating entrusted a very, valuable Odom_ to it, in order to excite the emulation et the Sttnlents, and Aired their taste by the most approved Works of the ancient Masters. The - day was enlivened by the :vocal:exertioni of IVICSSIIOLisTE, .N 11440, VAUGIiAN ) Goss, GAP:, and TA nog the Theatre, and the whole wait marked by a spirit of festivity and good4ornour. Isuct:stioN has been to - perform fora feiv.urgitts at th4.l ) , or tatuouth Theatre: SI C 47 Rell fidarAk • 4 7 7 ." 7 " r e "r tt Tie follot ing art.'cle're,spejEti.ig tale extraordinary chara6ter has apitvoßkin tae German Paper f i re the movement of Alitstapha tieing placed at tbehei k d Of the O i 'vernment; he was of o, , il4lon,,that.the 'Turkish Empire could not be saved fi omit tlm Mtn which threamned it, hat by a total cl:apge inihe systern of Admin4tii!iion, and the adoption o f new in.titutions wore ;Ai:4100113 to the system of tht European Pow er4. However laudable Might be in itself, he did not sutiitientlyrellett that much precantion, and, above tali, a prudent ration was requisite, in iipplyitht it to a peoplv so. stronglYaltacit . ed to - their` ancient'us He tided the .part rather of a militny man, than of an able poriticion. He injured private interestX t and thus set all the passions in tisotion., He wis not aware, that was exasperating' all the 2ealons Mussulmen, 'and that, in the long run, it would be for bin) to maintain his ground against powerful indivtdu4s, of the head of the tuilitary, civil, and religious classes. - He also shewed a Sivant of pruden c e ih maiitteStilig bis come inpt of the corps of ssarietptha't Ancient ,support.of ot toman' Throne.. criOnct must have naturally driven them to e,lrrrnities; for he 'rnade no secret of his plan to disband thii . iorps, and to treat as ene mies to the Pott , fall'ittat 'would not serve in the corps of Seimeno,,,(!t• . , It is true, that he endeavoitred to make the Ja nissaries join the latter, by gratuities, and • an in. crease of iqty '; bat theselneans wcre not:sufficient to overcome the attachment of the majority of them to their ancicil corporaion, and they waited ooly for a favourable opportunity of rising, add getting rid of biM. He discovered and frustrated several plots which were hatched against hislife. lo one of them were implicated two Of his favotirito, whoni he was under the disagccable necessity of behead. ing, along with their accomplices. From that itf.- slant his conduct was full of suspicion an 4 tyrauny. New decapitations dad; Mok - Tylace, and these con::, tinunl executions produced only fresh cot 'piractes, and led to the late catimtrophe, which put an 'end to biy power, `alid, as Is reported, 16 his life We stopped the Press on Saturday to in3ert 114 folio wing Iffiti.r.TlN. • " Brigarlier-Chtni. 4:re..wAtyp arrived this. mornint at Lord Castlereagii's ()dice; in .I.)owning-atreer, I)iipatelrei iron) Sir J. Moons, (tilted Comloa, rh . e upon place had dirttEtell Isis march, itirattad of Vigo, as lie 1134 originally tended. rr Sir Jotter Moon had art...tied his retreat, with the loss of only part of hl4 baggit2e. rhere bad been repeated skirmishes, wiih the rear-guard; itt which we.liad uniformly repulsed the Envoy, And at Lugo Sir J. WORE olered the eueory. battle } which: they declined. " The. enemy, when Brigadier General STEWART kit t.:orrintia, were in iorCe iu the neighbour'. hovel; but it WA.V. trusted - that Sir Montt?: woulaetrki Wcts , einbark:nion without much lost the Transpertivieli be had sent fur troth Vigo were entering. the Isay r at Corunnii when (ene. ial SrLwAii2' 5i131ej . • In. the cqur : ie the evening another 13utletin wal foll(m h: '' lo ildilltion to .tbe above, the following cort» munic;,66ll was, is the course .I.it Ow attkisprion, tin:ailed if) the Aliuisterial circles, and 3 t the l'iablic Otlices : Brigadier-General STSWAItT, who artived in town this morning from Sir JOHN Moose, left Co' , tonna on Friday :'might..s At thejitne of his de parture, Iliti)ettrire of the British army had Arrived at Col unna, or ?ATr i eviartere t i within its immedia te vicinage- r.otir most advanced guard was stationed at Burgos, (t herelreneral BEnatFvottri,. with a coips .of bout) men,' wkts otteupi s ed w constructing work.T to defend the, possge df the River... The enemy weie in.foree on the opposite b an k, an d at Crisino, and the Duke Of PALMATI A was 'understood to have established his head:quarters at 'lletanzoci.4 The army reached the neighbourhood of Curtin:la on the t t tn, bit in consequence of unfavourabic winds, the 11'311914ms did not get round till the even ing pt.lbe lath ; every thing was prepared to begin the embarkation no the morning following ;'.it was apprehended that a sacrince of some horses, baggage, and stores, would be unavoidable, but there war 110 doubt but nearly the whole oldie troops would beget otl The rear 7 guard of our army had, during its re treat, had frequent skirmishes with the enemy, brit on every oceasion,the.,superior gallantry and comfit& of our troops Wert -t`Onspictious. In pa ss i ng the tee ter Ncyra; Nbwe. ,aukked by a considerably more numerous body of the enemy, led on, it tA said, by the Duke of IsTaln in person; but without the least interroption to that movement the ticiallbonthoed , of Hospital de Chernoico the enemy a ga in came in contact with , our troops,. and was ogain repulsed. . A short distance from Lugo, Sir J..)looaa friund that the enemy had accutriulated to. h a dcgr&e, as to endanger the safety of hi s co end he resolved. to give them bat tle—for 'len purpose he formed his. army, who ware eager to advance, but lie Contented himself with that demonstration, and haying sent forward his , baggage, continued his oleic'' without further. Interrnption: The French had a corps at ritentedotue, on its route to Fermi. The Spanish. army, tinder the Alarqiiis IJac LrOtaturtN A , mst:tined s e v era l atta c ks from tho enemy in his retrear.to torga.i The troops bent c=i wOll, :but,t hey suffered gie.oy, front the superior numbers opposed to them. A burly of 3noo men., constitypng the left wing,, maintained jts .yosit ion on 44:43 during the ewli and 30th;Jkgswat the greatest hart of" shat afriEtialt l4 ' " A fire broke,i,opt,,yesterday morning in' Close. street, Hatton garden, .which produced considerable damage before, it was suppressed. The . huttiO in Whieb it commenced, and two other houses, were , consumed, but happily no lives were lost. CURII•EXCIA.ANGR A J. 23 . - -4bis . day there are considerable remaining supplies.of Grain in ge'neral, but the marker is in the same state as the latter end of last week ,, owing. to the continuance of the Thatnetanaeigaiion lacing stopped ; Liles of Corn are mAd9, and most of the Fa6tors decline producing s a mple s , and no prices whatever are quoted; but the crocks of Flour en band arc plentiful—Fine 80$. t , ..; 851. Seconds 755. tv 40.4, ~C: „